Two hauls!

I picked up this week's vegetable box from Culinarium, and this month's bag-o-meat from Twin Creeks Farm at the Trinity Bellwoods Farmer's Market. So much amazing local food! Here's the list:

- a small watermelon
- a huge red pepper
- an eggplant (very round and very purple)
- a large turnip
- a bunch of beets, plus the greens
- a head of lettuce
- some red potatoes
- a red onion
- a dumpling squash
- two tomatoes

And, just to show how little I really know about cuts of meat, I can't even really give an accurate list; here's the gist:

- some pork sausages
- a smoked ham steak
- two pounds of ground beef
- some beef short ribs (I think that's what they're called - this may require some looking into)
- some lamb
- some beef

Very accurate, I know. I'm really looking forward to using it. Gerald, the owner of the farm, said that the beef had just been butchered today. The color of the meat is amazing - a deep purpley-red that is just begging to be eaten (sorry, vegetarians). I'll have to do some serious thinking about what gets frozen - some already is, but some wasn't - since there's no way we can or should eat everything that isn't frozen in the next few days. I'm thinking meatballs...